
By Louisa Chu | WBEZ.org

Ice3, aka ice-cubed, food truck with family and ice pops at Fischman food truck night in Chicago
RIP Chicago food trucks
How many food trucks have been licensed to cook on board in Chicago? Answer: zero. My colleague Monica Eng reports 109 truck owners have applied for the new Mobile Food Preparer license, but none have been approved, since the city passed the ordinance back in July. While the Institute for Justice filed a lawsuit, and produced a Game of Thrones inspired video on behalf of food truck owners in November, this could be the end of so-called chef-driven food trucks in Chicago as we’ve barely known them.

Honey Butter fried chicken and kale salad at WBEZ Sound Opinions End of Summer BBQ 2012 in Chicago

Roasted wild sockeye salmon with carrot coriander sauce by Emmer & Rye chef/owner Seth Caswell at the Sitka Seafood Festival in Sitka, Alaska
Vienna Beef has a cafeteria open to the public. The Christkindlmarket has souvenir boot mugs. Imagine a WBEZ cafeteria at Navy Pier, open to the public, with drinks or soup served in WBEZ souvenir mugs and good local food, with a charitable donation from each purchase, like Mission Chinese Food.
It’s a new year. One can wish.
http://www.wbez.org/blogs/louisa-chu/2013-01/rip-food-trucks-top-5-trends-2013-plus-one-wish-104644